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00:00:24Oh, my brother, you took me wrong.
00:00:30I tried to shut my mouth, and to stop our song.
00:00:36Just look at them people, they've been hanging their heads.
00:00:42They can see the fire in the sky, and the trailer dead.
00:00:47And it ain't right, no, brother, it ain't right.
00:00:59Oh, my brother, you've got a missile right now.
00:01:12You know it's the hour, we've got the power.
00:01:18Come on, people, all together right now.
00:01:24It's time to make a stand.
00:01:26My perimeter is compromised.
00:01:28Sort me all ordinance, my coordinator.
00:01:30My call, my call, now, now!
00:01:33No, brother, it ain't right.
00:01:41We're gonna make it right.
00:01:45Oh, brother, we'll make it right.
00:02:14You know, I came here five years ago
00:02:17to help my sick uncle run this place.
00:02:19But ever since then, I can assure you
00:02:22that all major Ivy League colleges
00:02:24keep a very close eye on all our students.
00:02:27Please, go on down here.
00:02:28Thanks.
00:02:30All right.
00:02:32Many of you already know me from your time in detention.
00:02:37I am Mr. Price, as you've probably already heard.
00:02:41Mr. Watts, has received a job at Dartmouth,
00:02:45and so I have inherited you for a day
00:02:48while we wait for your new teacher,
00:02:52Mr. Clemens, to arrive,
00:02:54who is already late.
00:02:58Hot Dog 6, this is cool, Cap.
00:03:01My 6 is down.
00:03:03My perimeter is compromised.
00:03:14You're late.
00:03:21Okay.
00:03:23Here we go.
00:03:24Here we go.
00:03:25Here we go.
00:03:26What's that?
00:03:27All right.
00:03:27Nysa, please hand these out.
00:03:32In advance of his late arrival,
00:03:35because I'm such a great guy,
00:03:36I have prepared for you a worksheet
00:03:38to give you a head start
00:03:41on the assignment that your new teacher,
00:03:44Mr. Clemens, will be giving you.
00:03:48Yes.
00:03:49Um, yeah, Mr. Price, sir,
00:03:51I'm really not feeling that well.
00:03:54See, uh, today at lunch,
00:03:55we had those, uh, chicken byproducts
00:03:57in the shape of little stegosaurus,
00:03:58and, um, Sheldon lies
00:04:01that they didn't want theirs.
00:04:02Come on, go.
00:04:04Can I just, can I just go
00:04:05to the nurse's office?
00:04:06No, just a second there.
00:04:08Uh, anybody else not feeling well?
00:04:13Kind of what I thought.
00:04:14Sit down.
00:04:20You may begin.
00:04:22Um, what if we don't know
00:04:24the date that our parents are married?
00:04:25Well, that's why we call it homework.
00:04:29Yeah.
00:04:29Now, boarding students,
00:04:30this means a call home
00:04:32before study hall, not during.
00:04:34Actually, uh, Eliza,
00:04:36I can probably help you out,
00:04:37because if I'm not mistaken,
00:04:39your parents were married
00:04:41exactly 16 years ago today.
00:04:44Oh?
00:04:44Do wish them happy anniversary for me.
00:04:48Huh.
00:04:49Huh.
00:04:51Huh.
00:04:54November, December, January,
00:04:56oh, oh, carry the two.
00:04:58Ooh, that's curious.
00:04:59You were born only five months
00:05:01after they were married.
00:05:02What?
00:05:02Huh.
00:05:03Oh.
00:05:05Huh.
00:05:06So is that true?
00:05:07I mean, is today really
00:05:09your parents' anniversary?
00:05:10I don't know.
00:05:12Why would he know that,
00:05:13or even care for that matter?
00:05:15He doesn't.
00:05:16He's just trying to get out of Eliza
00:05:17like he does all the townies
00:05:18who don't pay as much as the boarders.
00:05:24Are you Mr. Clements?
00:05:26I am.
00:05:28And you are?
00:05:30Billy Price.
00:05:31Welcome to Wesleyan, sir.
00:05:33My father, Mr. Price,
00:05:34asked me to give you a tour.
00:05:37Well, why don't you just
00:05:38show me to my classroom?
00:05:40Okay.
00:05:45Well, the only reason
00:05:46I'm taking this class
00:05:47is because we said
00:05:48we'd all do a class together.
00:05:50And genius boy over here
00:05:51promised it was going to be interesting.
00:05:53Hey, I-I like history.
00:05:54Yeah, well, that's because
00:05:56you're a mutant.
00:05:57A cold-hearted bell curve killer.
00:05:59What I don't need
00:06:00is more homework.
00:06:01Besides, I hate history.
00:06:08I think he's
00:06:09a new history teacher.
00:06:13Maybe the homework
00:06:14won't be so bad after all.
00:06:16You think so?
00:06:17Not a chance, Chiquita.
00:06:20Here's your class.
00:06:34Um, Ronnie.
00:06:36Sir, Ronnie.
00:06:37Hi, Ronnie.
00:06:38Ronnie.
00:06:39Physics, but I forgot.
00:06:40I love history.
00:06:50Mr. Clements.
00:06:52I see you found
00:06:53the history test
00:06:54Mr. Watts left for you.
00:06:55He was very adamant
00:06:57that you get those.
00:06:59Well, I did.
00:07:00I just want to get
00:07:01to know the students
00:07:02in my own way.
00:07:04Oh, I'm sorry.
00:07:05I didn't expect anyone.
00:07:08That's okay.
00:07:09I'm Clements, a new guy.
00:07:11Oh, uh, Verro.
00:07:12Nice to meet you.
00:07:13Mind if I...
00:07:14They should name
00:07:15the school after Verro.
00:07:16He knows every student
00:07:18that's ever walked
00:07:19these halls.
00:07:20So, may I show you around?
00:07:24Thanks.
00:07:25I think I can find
00:07:26my own way.
00:07:27Well, all right, then.
00:07:29Welcome to
00:07:30Wesleyan Academy.
00:07:34There's a faculty lunch
00:07:35in the teacher's lounge
00:07:36tomorrow.
00:07:37See you there.
00:07:42Hey, man, what are you
00:07:43going to do when you
00:07:43get out of this hole, huh?
00:07:44Teach history.
00:07:46Why's that?
00:07:47I was an orphan at 14
00:07:48on the streets and lost.
00:07:50But I had a great
00:07:51history teacher.
00:07:52He told me,
00:07:52today is tomorrow's history.
00:07:55Make it count.
00:07:56I'm going to change my life.
00:07:57give me meaning and purpose.
00:08:21Wonderful.
00:08:22Very nice, Eliza.
00:08:25You're going to have to
00:08:26increase your rehearsal
00:08:27time by an hour
00:08:29after school every day.
00:08:31What?
00:08:32Have a look.
00:08:41I've been accepted to
00:08:42audition for the music
00:08:43conservatory in Paris?
00:08:45I sent in your audition tape.
00:08:47I hope you didn't mind.
00:08:48Mine?
00:08:49Are you kidding?
00:08:50Oh, Mr. Richard,
00:08:51I love you.
00:08:53Thank you, thank you, thank you,
00:08:54thank you.
00:08:56Thank you so much.
00:08:57You have no idea.
00:08:58You're going to have to
00:08:59rehearse a lot more
00:09:00than you've been doing.
00:09:01I will, I will.
00:09:02I'm so excited.
00:09:12Woo.
00:09:14Well, you didn't actually
00:09:14think you finished first,
00:09:15did you?
00:09:18Oh, you did.
00:09:20Well, let me let you in
00:09:21on a little secret there,
00:09:22lover boy.
00:09:22They don't even keep
00:09:23stats on you.
00:09:24Actually, there isn't even
00:09:25a depth chart that is
00:09:26deep enough to have
00:09:27your name on it.
00:09:30Good to see you too, Bill.
00:09:32Hey, have I told you yet
00:09:33how much I appreciate
00:09:34your constant encouragement?
00:09:37Oh, go crawl under the
00:09:38porch and bark at the cats.
00:09:39No, really, thanks for
00:09:40caring enough to show me
00:09:41some tough love.
00:09:42It really means a lot
00:09:43to me, especially coming
00:09:45from a faculty brat.
00:09:49Give it up, fish bait.
00:09:51You know what?
00:09:51You're always going to be
00:09:52a loser, freak.
00:09:59Boss!
00:10:00Mom!
00:10:00I'm so excited, Eliza.
00:10:02I've been accepted to
00:10:03audition for the
00:10:04music conservatory.
00:10:06That's incredible.
00:10:08Nothing is going to stop
00:10:08me from getting accepted.
00:10:12Happy anniversary,
00:10:13sweetheart.
00:10:14Oh, thank you.
00:10:15Happy anniversary to you.
00:10:18Mom, I'm sorry that we
00:10:19can need some photos
00:10:20for my poster.
00:10:21Oh, that's so great.
00:10:22Sweetheart, would you
00:10:22help Cody with that?
00:10:23I can help him.
00:10:24No, no, no, no, no.
00:10:25I got it.
00:10:26Let's go, bud.
00:10:27You and I are going to
00:10:28sit and talk about
00:10:30your future.
00:10:31Okay.
00:10:41So, um, happy
00:10:43anniversary, I guess.
00:10:45Thanks.
00:10:49What year were you
00:10:50and Mom married?
00:10:511968.
00:10:5316 years ago
00:10:54to this very day.
00:10:57Cool.
00:10:59Well, um, good night.
00:11:02Good night, Eliza.
00:11:28Uncle Randolph, you okay?
00:11:32I mean, rest.
00:11:34Yeah.
00:11:35No, I'll just, uh,
00:11:36I'll be over there.
00:11:43Mr. Blakesley?
00:11:44Mr. Blakesley,
00:11:46uh, your attorney
00:11:46and Mr. Boudreau
00:11:47are here.
00:11:55I need you to sign
00:11:56the changes to your
00:11:57will that we discussed.
00:11:59Eliza's been accepted?
00:12:01To audition, yes.
00:12:04I like your idea.
00:12:08If she redeems
00:12:10the family's honor
00:12:12by making the academy,
00:12:15the entire estate
00:12:17goes to her
00:12:21and to my Jenny,
00:12:2350-50.
00:12:24That's what the papers say.
00:12:26I'm counting on you, Phil.
00:12:31My only other
00:12:32living family
00:12:35is Price,
00:12:36whose
00:12:38greed for money
00:12:39has kept him
00:12:41pandering to me
00:12:42all his life.
00:12:44Come on, Dad.
00:12:45What else do you
00:12:46expect me to do?
00:12:47You're not stupid, Billy.
00:12:49She's McFarlane's
00:12:49best friend.
00:12:50I hate that kid.
00:12:51He's such a loser.
00:12:52Even I can see
00:12:52that he wants more
00:12:53than just friendship
00:12:54from her.
00:12:55She is completely
00:12:56infatuated with you.
00:12:58So?
00:13:00So?
00:13:02Confuse her.
00:13:03Make her think
00:13:04that McFarlane
00:13:05is the jerk.
00:13:06Make them hate each other,
00:13:07rip them apart,
00:13:08and then ask her
00:13:09to the dance
00:13:09or something.
00:13:10Oh, Dad,
00:13:11I got a reputation
00:13:11to retain.
00:13:12Look,
00:13:14old man Blakesley
00:13:14died last night
00:13:15before I could get him
00:13:16to change his will back.
00:13:17If she makes it
00:13:18to the conservatory,
00:13:19we're through.
00:13:20You got that?
00:13:21Everything that I've had
00:13:22to lower myself
00:13:23and grovel for,
00:13:24gone.
00:13:26But why me?
00:13:27Why do you want me
00:13:27to do it?
00:13:30Because if it's traced
00:13:31back to me,
00:13:32we're still toast.
00:13:33You know what?
00:13:34Just get the job done,
00:13:35Billy,
00:13:36and don't bother
00:13:37coming home
00:13:37until you have
00:13:38something good
00:13:39to tell me.
00:13:58What's wrong, Eliza?
00:14:02Nothing.
00:14:05Maybe I'm just
00:14:06a little scared.
00:14:07Well, don't be.
00:14:09You do fine.
00:14:13I'll see you
00:14:14after school.
00:14:22Are there any
00:14:23other issues
00:14:24to discuss?
00:14:25Uh, yes.
00:14:26Please remind the students
00:14:27that after a third tardy,
00:14:29they lose
00:14:30half a grade point.
00:14:33Well, it's
00:14:34according to
00:14:35teacher discretion.
00:14:36Certainly,
00:14:36they're legitimate
00:14:37tardies.
00:14:39Yes.
00:14:40And, uh,
00:14:41how exactly
00:14:42would we know
00:14:42if it's legitimate?
00:14:46Oh, we could
00:14:47try something radical
00:14:47like asking the students
00:14:48to be honest.
00:14:50That's a weird thing.
00:14:52School rules
00:14:53specifically state
00:14:54that a tardy
00:14:55can only be excused
00:14:57if the student
00:14:58has a note
00:14:58from a teacher
00:14:59or the dean's office.
00:15:00Guys, guys, guys.
00:15:01All we're trying
00:15:01to do here
00:15:02is minimize
00:15:02excessive tardiness,
00:15:04so please
00:15:04use your best judgment.
00:15:06In case any of you
00:15:08haven't met him yet,
00:15:09this is
00:15:10Stephen Clements.
00:15:12Good to meet you.
00:15:12He's replacing
00:15:13Mr. Watts
00:15:13in the history department.
00:15:15Welcome to Wesleyan.
00:15:18Oh,
00:15:18and congratulations,
00:15:20Mr. Boudreau
00:15:21of our music department.
00:15:23His protege
00:15:24and our own
00:15:25Eliza Baird
00:15:26has been accepted
00:15:27to audition
00:15:28for the music
00:15:29conservatory
00:15:30in Paris.
00:15:37So,
00:15:40where are you going?
00:15:42I need to drop history.
00:15:45Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:15:46What?
00:15:46You can't.
00:15:48Well, sure she can.
00:15:50Still one hour
00:15:51to get Mr. Clements
00:15:52to sign this card
00:15:53and return it to me.
00:15:55Okay.
00:15:56Thanks.
00:15:58I'll be right back.
00:15:59Hey, wait a second.
00:16:01Why are you doing this?
00:16:02I thought we all agreed
00:16:03we were going to take
00:16:04history together.
00:16:05It was my parents'
00:16:0616th anniversary yesterday.
00:16:11Okay.
00:16:12So?
00:16:14So,
00:16:15I'm dropping history
00:16:16and I don't want
00:16:16to talk about it anymore.
00:16:20Come on, guys.
00:16:21Hurry up.
00:16:21Thank goodness
00:16:22you guys are here.
00:16:23Isn't this weird?
00:16:26Oh, wow.
00:16:26Isn't it serious?
00:16:28Oh, gosh.
00:16:30Something on this tier?
00:16:34We're in big trouble.
00:16:36Oh, this is bad.
00:16:39Still think I'm crazy?
00:16:41Oh, no.
00:16:42It gets worse.
00:16:44Oh, my God.
00:16:45We're outside.
00:16:54Field trip.
00:16:55Yeah.
00:16:56Yeah.
00:16:57What are you doing?
00:16:59Where are you going?
00:17:00Okay.
00:17:01Hold on.
00:17:02Here we go.
00:17:02Come on there,
00:17:03Paddy's more field trip.
00:17:05Come on, Amy.
00:17:06Come on.
00:17:09Annotations are notes
00:17:11that you make
00:17:11about the text
00:17:12while you are reading it.
00:17:15What in the world?
00:17:18Of course,
00:17:18you are not to
00:17:20mark your textbooks,
00:17:22which are school property,
00:17:23in any way.
00:17:26I'm Mr. Clements,
00:17:27your new history teacher.
00:17:28Take off your shoes and socks.
00:17:30Gather round.
00:17:52Talk about a freak show.
00:17:54What does he think he's doing?
00:17:56It doesn't matter.
00:17:57I'm dropping this class anyway.
00:17:59Really?
00:18:00Hey.
00:18:02So do you kind of
00:18:03got a thing for Spence?
00:18:04Or do I have a chance?
00:18:07He and I are just friends.
00:18:10Excuse me.
00:18:18Ice front.
00:18:25After the Battle of Gettysburg,
00:18:27General Meade of the North
00:18:28wired headquarters
00:18:29saying,
00:18:30cannot delay to pick up
00:18:32the debris of the battlefield.
00:18:37The debris.
00:18:40Thousands of soldiers' bodies
00:18:41fermenting in the July heat
00:18:43and humidity.
00:18:46Teams of soldiers,
00:18:47confederate prisoners,
00:18:48and local civilians
00:18:49worked as quickly as they could
00:18:51to bury the bodies
00:18:52under minimal covering.
00:18:54One soldier described
00:18:55the earth giving way
00:18:56beneath his feet
00:18:58as he walked
00:18:59the shallow trenches
00:19:00at the battlefield.
00:19:06Farmers had to plant
00:19:07around the bodies.
00:19:09Later, all the bodies
00:19:10were exhumed,
00:19:11identified where possible.
00:19:13and relocated
00:19:14to a final resting place.
00:19:17Abraham Lincoln
00:19:17spoke only 272 words
00:19:19at the dedication
00:19:20of that cemetery,
00:19:21saying it is rather
00:19:22for us to be here
00:19:23dedicated to the great task
00:19:25remaining before us.
00:19:30Liza.
00:19:31Hey, Liza.
00:19:35Thanks.
00:19:36I can't memorize
00:19:37the Gettysburg Address.
00:19:39Can't he even make us do that?
00:19:40See, I was right.
00:19:41If even you guys are ready
00:19:42to go on strike
00:19:42after the first day.
00:19:43Look who's talking.
00:19:44You were staring at him.
00:19:45Most definitely.
00:19:48He didn't sign it.
00:19:49See, you were staring.
00:19:51There goes your history boycott.
00:19:52We're talking major grief here.
00:19:54I gotta get her to sign it.
00:19:55No, you can't.
00:19:56I already saw him leave.
00:19:57Welcome back.
00:20:00That stuff you were saying,
00:20:01did you guys know
00:20:01it was in the Gettysburg Address?
00:20:03Yeah.
00:20:05Not you.
00:20:06No, it won't be a fault.
00:20:07Liza, look.
00:20:08He said we didn't have to memorize it.
00:20:09It's not gonna counter
00:20:10a final grade.
00:20:17Liza, pay attention to the timing.
00:20:20It goes one, two, three, four.
00:20:23Not one, two, three, and four.
00:20:27Sorry.
00:20:30Four score and seven years ago,
00:20:33our fathers brought forth
00:20:34on this continent
00:20:35a new nation conceived in liberty
00:20:37and dedicated to the proposition
00:20:39that all men are created equal.
00:20:41We are met on the great battlefield
00:20:43of that war.
00:20:45We have come to dedicate
00:20:46a portion of that field
00:20:47as a final resting place
00:20:49for those who gave their lives
00:20:51that that nation might live.
00:20:59Whoa.
00:21:00Cool.
00:21:01Thanks, Mom.
00:21:02It's perfect.
00:21:04Perfect.
00:21:09You okay?
00:21:11Yeah.
00:21:12I'm just tired, that's all.
00:21:17Hey, did you do a scrapbook for me?
00:21:20Of course I did.
00:21:21Do you want me to find it?
00:21:23No.
00:21:24It's okay.
00:21:26Night.
00:21:28Night.
00:21:48Great task remaining before us.
00:21:51It is for us, the living, rather,
00:21:53to be dedicated here
00:21:54to the unfinished work
00:21:55which they who fought here
00:21:57have so nobly advanced.
00:21:59That we hear highly so much
00:22:00that the dead shall not have died or lain.
00:22:03The world will little note
00:22:05nor long remember
00:22:06what we say here
00:22:07but it can never forget
00:22:09what they did here.
00:22:09That this nation under God
00:22:11shall have a new birth of freedom
00:22:13and that a government
00:22:14of the people
00:22:15by the people
00:22:16for the people
00:22:18shall not perish from this earth.
00:22:25You did it.
00:22:27Why did you do it?
00:22:29You're asking us?
00:22:31Seriously.
00:22:33Because we had to.
00:22:35No, you didn't.
00:22:35I said it wouldn't affect your grade.
00:22:37And why did you learn it, Amy?
00:22:39Why'd you memorize Lincoln's words?
00:22:43What makes you think I did?
00:22:46Surprise, surprise.
00:22:47That's our Amy.
00:22:50Now, before any of you
00:22:51start fantasizing
00:22:52that I'm against testing
00:22:53or that this is going to be
00:22:54an easy class,
00:22:54there'll be a quiz tomorrow
00:22:57on the contents
00:22:58and historic relevance
00:22:59of the Gettysburg Address.
00:23:00Yes.
00:23:01Sit down, Ronald.
00:23:03Hey, how do you feel?
00:23:06Well, uh,
00:23:08I feel different.
00:23:11Good.
00:23:12Different.
00:23:12Anybody else feel different?
00:23:16Amy?
00:23:18Different?
00:23:19I didn't learn it.
00:23:22Um,
00:23:24I feel different.
00:23:26Smarter.
00:23:26Yeah, that's a first.
00:23:27Good.
00:23:28No, no, no, no, it's good.
00:23:30You all understand,
00:23:31you are different.
00:23:32Smarter.
00:23:33You're better off.
00:23:34Because of the great deeds
00:23:36and great words
00:23:37of those who've gone before you.
00:23:40Now it means something to me
00:23:42because you've learned it.
00:23:43It's here.
00:23:45And now it's a part of who you are.
00:23:50Spencer.
00:23:52Your history.
00:23:53Mark it down.
00:23:54Today is tomorrow's history.
00:23:56Someday you're gonna look back
00:23:57on this moment,
00:23:57you realize your whole life
00:23:58was changed because of
00:23:59what you did today.
00:24:00Hmm?
00:24:02Okay, Spencer.
00:24:03Now,
00:24:05the assignment
00:24:06I'm handing out
00:24:08is to report
00:24:10on your own
00:24:10personal histories.
00:24:12Like a genealogy?
00:24:13Like a pedigree chart?
00:24:15No, it's much more than that.
00:24:16It's not just names and dates.
00:24:17It's in-depth.
00:24:19It's your own
00:24:19personal
00:24:20and family histories.
00:24:22Hmm.
00:24:25For a lesson.
00:24:31And it will count for...
00:24:33Wait for it.
00:24:37Half your grade.
00:24:39That's all.
00:24:40Half.
00:24:42What great deeds
00:24:43and words
00:24:44did your ancestors
00:24:46leave for you?
00:24:47What will be your legacy
00:24:49to your descendants?
00:24:50Who is Shelley?
00:24:53How smart is
00:24:54Spencer Patrick McFarl?
00:24:58What are you doing here?
00:24:59Where are you supposed to be?
00:25:00I was just...
00:25:01Move it.
00:25:02You can explain to the dean.
00:25:12Yesterday,
00:25:13she failed to get
00:25:14her transfer card signed
00:25:16and then came begging to me
00:25:18for an extension
00:25:19which I gave her.
00:25:21Now, today,
00:25:22she's just standing
00:25:24in the hall.
00:25:24no intention
00:25:26of going to class
00:25:27so that's an automatic
00:25:28F for sloughing.
00:25:30No, but I was just going to...
00:25:31Do you wish to explain this, Eliza?
00:25:37What happened?
00:25:38You're supposed to wait in the hall.
00:25:43Is there a problem?
00:25:46So, you knew she was there?
00:25:48Of course.
00:25:50Hmm.
00:25:51So I'm sure you were
00:25:52practicing some new
00:25:53teaching technique with her.
00:25:54Hmm?
00:25:55Yeah.
00:25:56Come on, Eliza.
00:26:04This is unbelievable!
00:26:07Why'd you do that?
00:26:09Because you had the desire
00:26:10to stand outside my classroom
00:26:11and listen.
00:26:28Can you just sign my transfer card?
00:26:30Hmm?
00:26:31Oh, well,
00:26:31too late for that.
00:26:33Well, it wasn't too late yesterday
00:26:35when I gave it to you to sign.
00:26:37Well, you just gave me
00:26:38a piece of paper.
00:26:39You didn't ask me to sign it.
00:26:41Well, it's not too late
00:26:42because Mr. Price
00:26:43gave me an extension.
00:26:46You can't ignore this.
00:26:52So will you please sign
00:26:53my transfer card, Mr. Clements?
00:26:57No.
00:26:59What?
00:27:00What gives you the right?
00:27:03Well, I'm just not gonna let you
00:27:04take the easy way out.
00:27:07I have never taken
00:27:08the easy way out.
00:27:09And you obviously
00:27:10don't know anything about me.
00:27:12And my history
00:27:13is none of your business.
00:27:15What are you afraid of?
00:27:18Let's throw some of your history
00:27:19out on the table
00:27:19for everybody to examine.
00:27:21See what you're afraid of.
00:27:23You can take your history.
00:27:33Mr. Boudreau,
00:27:35I need to have a word
00:27:36with you, please.
00:27:44Oh, he's so mad.
00:27:46Who?
00:27:48Clements.
00:27:49Whoa, whoa, slow down.
00:27:51I don't understand
00:27:51what your problem is with him.
00:27:53You've been trying
00:27:54to get out of his class
00:27:54ever since he got here.
00:27:56And Eliza,
00:27:56he's a great teacher.
00:27:59I don't think this has
00:28:00anything to do with him.
00:28:03Do you want to talk about it?
00:28:07I can't right now.
00:28:09It's...
00:28:09It's too complicated.
00:28:13Is it about the music
00:28:14conservatory?
00:28:15Oh, my gosh.
00:28:16The conservatory.
00:28:21Mr. Boudreau,
00:28:22I am so sorry I'm late.
00:28:25Well, don't worry, Eliza.
00:28:28He isn't really a class,
00:28:29so there's no great point
00:28:31to lose for being late.
00:28:35Where's Mr. Boudreau?
00:28:37Our dear Mr. Boudreau
00:28:38has decided to retire.
00:28:40What?
00:28:42No, no, no.
00:28:43That's impossible.
00:28:44He wouldn't do that.
00:28:45Yeah.
00:28:46Kind of a forced retirement,
00:28:47really.
00:28:48Inappropriate conduct
00:28:49with student.
00:28:51But he took the bullet
00:28:52for you.
00:28:55That's ridiculous.
00:28:57Perhaps.
00:28:58But that isn't
00:28:59how he saw it.
00:29:01So,
00:29:02shall we get to work?
00:29:03I promised him
00:29:04that I would do my best
00:29:05to help out
00:29:05in his absence.
00:29:06You know this one?
00:29:11It'll come.
00:29:14Hold up.
00:29:18Hey.
00:29:19How long have you been there?
00:29:20I would have swam a lot faster.
00:29:21I didn't know you were waiting.
00:29:26Hey.
00:29:26What's the matter?
00:29:29Nothing.
00:29:32Oh.
00:29:34You know,
00:29:34I'm sorry about Mr. Boudreau.
00:29:36I tried to talk my dad out of it.
00:29:38I told him that you were
00:29:39just a really friendly girl.
00:29:41Please.
00:29:42He's like my grandfather.
00:29:43Oh, good.
00:29:44Well, so he's not my competition.
00:29:47I mean, um,
00:29:49you were waiting here for me,
00:29:50weren't you?
00:29:52You weren't.
00:29:54Well,
00:29:56I hope you're not waiting for Spencer.
00:29:57If you did,
00:29:58I hope you packed a lunch.
00:29:59He may be a while.
00:30:00I mean, nothing against the kid,
00:30:01but he's not the strongest swimmer.
00:30:03Well, hey there, McFarland.
00:30:05Did you happen to pick up all the towels?
00:30:07Last guy out of the pool, remember?
00:30:10Let's go, bro.
00:30:11I'll see you later, Eliza.
00:30:12Get out of here.
00:30:13We gotta get to Whitlip, dude.
00:30:16Well, it's like we always say,
00:30:19jerks travel in groups of threes.
00:30:21I mean, is it some kind of zen number
00:30:23in the jerk world or something?
00:30:25Sometimes you are so into your own life
00:30:27that you don't think about anybody else
00:30:28but yourself.
00:30:30Whoa, whoa, hey, hey.
00:30:31What's wrong?
00:30:35I'm sorry about Mr. Boudreaux, all right?
00:30:38How do you know?
00:30:41I heard Billy bragging about
00:30:43how his dad gave the old coot the boot.
00:30:46He didn't say that.
00:30:48Look, Eliza, don't fall for his charm, all right?
00:30:53You know what?
00:30:54Don't act like my big brother, okay?
00:30:56I can make my own choices.
00:30:57Eliza, come on.
00:31:02Eliza, where are you going?
00:31:04I just need to think.
00:31:06Well, let me give you a ride home.
00:31:09You know, Billy can't recover from being a jerk.
00:31:13Yeah, there's no jerks anonymous.
00:31:16Jerkdom isn't a place you can just go vacation in
00:31:18and come home.
00:31:20Why don't you go in the tan line stay?
00:31:23I don't think that's true.
00:31:26Okay, so maybe they fade over time.
00:31:29Come on, Eliza, smile a little, huh?
00:31:33Ow.
00:31:35Okay, good.
00:31:36You're making progress.
00:31:37So what, do you think I'm a jerk now?
00:31:41What?
00:31:42What?
00:31:44Oh.
00:31:47Eliza, are you out there?
00:31:49Yeah, Mom.
00:31:51You have a visitor.
00:31:56Mr. Fitzgerald, I'm so sorry.
00:31:59This is all my fault.
00:32:00Nonsense.
00:32:01Had nothing to do with it.
00:32:03You're forced to retire because of me.
00:32:06We're not going to let that get in the way of your future.
00:32:09Well, ever since you told me about the conservatory,
00:32:12it's been my dream to go there.
00:32:13Okay.
00:32:14Let's get to work.
00:32:15Now, besides composing and singing your own work,
00:32:21the conservatory has asked that you prepare a classical piano piece.
00:32:25So I want you to learn the Moonlight Sonata.
00:32:29But I already have.
00:32:32Have you?
00:32:34I don't want you to just play the Moonlight Sonata.
00:32:37I want you to play it like Beethoven felt it.
00:32:40I want you to know what he was thinking when he wrote it,
00:32:43and who he wrote it for, and what he felt.
00:32:45When you do that, then you really have learned the piece.
00:32:50Okay.
00:32:52Eliza, it's important for you to remember,
00:32:55the music conservatory doesn't just listen for the student's music.
00:33:00They listen for the music in the student.
00:33:05Hey.
00:33:06Eliza.
00:33:07I found your scrapbook.
00:33:12Ah, pictures.
00:33:14And you have clothes on.
00:33:15Yes.
00:33:17Um, do we have any other scrapbooks of me?
00:33:24Hey, can we finish this tomorrow?
00:33:26Yeah.
00:33:26Yeah?
00:33:27Okay.
00:33:27Good night, baby.
00:33:28Good night, buddy.
00:33:32Sweetie, I have tons of pictures of you growing up.
00:33:36I just haven't had a chance to put them in scrapbooks.
00:33:40That's all.
00:33:41Do you love Cody more than me?
00:33:48I mean, were you even planning on getting married,
00:33:50or did you just have to?
00:34:01Of course we plan on getting married.
00:34:05Mr. Clements wouldn't sign my transfer,
00:34:07so I have to do my personal history or I flunk.
00:34:11It includes stuff like when I was born and when my parents were married and whether I was even wanted
00:34:21or if I was just an accident.
00:34:35I didn't see that coming.
00:34:36I guess we knew that day was going to come sometime.
00:34:40Not now.
00:34:43No.
00:34:43Not now.
00:34:45I don't know.
00:35:18Mr. Clements.
00:35:20Mr. McFarland.
00:35:21Why so early?
00:35:24I'm trying to make regionals.
00:35:26They only take the top three swimmers.
00:35:28Where's the region meet this year?
00:35:31Here.
00:35:33Really?
00:35:34Hmm.
00:35:36You know you're getting caught between two and three strokes from the wall.
00:35:40You should try watching the ceiling.
00:35:41See that seam?
00:35:43It's exactly two strokes from there to the wall.
00:35:46You should accelerate quicker so you get there in two strokes instead of three.
00:35:52Okay.
00:35:54You know it's an old pool, too.
00:35:57The edge tiles, the original ones, they go deeper than most.
00:36:01You ever slip when you push off?
00:36:02Yeah.
00:36:04About four inches deeper, tiles are over plaster.
00:36:07They're not a lot less slick.
00:36:08You can push off with everything you got without slipping, right?
00:36:11I want to stay under, uh, underwater in your dolphin kick.
00:36:15Full ten yards up here to the slope.
00:36:18Ten yards?
00:36:21Well, sure.
00:36:23You've been practicing holding your breath, haven't you, to increase your lung capacity?
00:36:29Work up to 60 seconds.
00:36:31Then 80.
00:36:3380?
00:36:3480?
00:36:35What?
00:36:36Come here.
00:36:40I'll get you after class.
00:36:42Oh, great.
00:36:43I'll be waiting.
00:36:45You've been just precious.
00:36:46Fun little games.
00:36:48Are you guys ready for this?
00:36:52I believe this is yours, Miss Barrett.
00:36:54Please see me after class.
00:36:55Oh, nice job so much.
00:36:56Trouble.
00:36:59Often, history is made when someone decides to change the way people think about things,
00:37:03the way of doing things.
00:37:05Revolution means radical change of any kind.
00:37:08For instance, why do you sit in this chair every day?
00:37:11Um, because it's here.
00:37:13Thank you, Sir Ronnie Edmund Hillary.
00:37:16What's that you, Mr. McFarland?
00:37:18Oh, never mind.
00:37:20Amy?
00:37:20Why do you sit in that same chair every day?
00:37:25It's what we always do.
00:37:27Exactly.
00:37:28Exactly.
00:37:28Which is why I want you to change.
00:37:30Sit somewhere else.
00:37:31Come on.
00:37:33Four seconds.
00:37:35Good.
00:37:36Double up.
00:37:38Come on, people.
00:37:39Move.
00:37:39Let's go.
00:37:39Sit somewhere else.
00:37:40Sit on the floor if you want.
00:37:41But we get dirty.
00:37:43Ah.
00:37:44She's right.
00:37:44The truth shines through.
00:37:46Revolution.
00:37:47Change.
00:37:49It's dirty business.
00:37:50Gerda said, whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
00:37:55Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it.
00:37:58So be bold.
00:37:59Get up.
00:38:00Get up.
00:38:00Get up.
00:38:00Get up on your feet.
00:38:01Move the desks around.
00:38:02Change them around.
00:38:03Put them in a square.
00:38:04Put them in a box.
00:38:05Put them in a circle.
00:38:06I don't care.
00:38:07Make a triangle.
00:38:09Get your fingers dirty.
00:38:11Get dirty.
00:38:12Right, Mr. Price?
00:38:13Let me get through here.
00:38:15All right.
00:38:17See?
00:38:18That wasn't so hard, was it?
00:38:19That was fun.
00:38:20No, it was great.
00:38:21Give yourself a hand.
00:38:22All right.
00:38:29You've created new possibilities by doing nothing more than changing the way you always do things.
00:38:35Tomorrow, this will be history, and you'll have had a hand in changing it.
00:38:39You've eliminated walls.
00:38:42You've started to get dirty.
00:38:44Today is tomorrow's history.
00:38:48Make it count.
00:38:49Oh, yes.
00:39:07You wanted to talk to me?
00:39:10Yeah.
00:39:12You know, I don't want you in here if you're just putting in time.
00:39:15You were right.
00:39:17I had no business making a decision concerning your life, so I'm going to go see if I can get
00:39:20that transfer signed for you.
00:39:22No, wait.
00:39:24I need to apologize.
00:39:27I was listening and thinking about what you were saying about history.
00:39:31Mr. Boudreau told me that it was important that I know why Beethoven wrote the Moonlight Sonata.
00:39:36Oh.
00:39:38It's because the music conservatory doesn't just listen to a student's music.
00:39:42They listen for the music in the student.
00:39:45Who told you that?
00:39:47A long time ago, I had a friend who wanted to go there.
00:39:50So I happen to know they don't take students who drop soft more history.
00:39:57You'd have been ineligible had I signed your transfer.
00:40:01Mr. Feist never told me that.
00:40:05Yeah.
00:40:07Liza, I've heard you play.
00:40:08I want to help.
00:40:11So how am I supposed to know what Beethoven was feeling?
00:40:16Well, who would you ask, Mr. McFarland?
00:40:19Um, Conan, the librarian.
00:40:24Shall we?
00:40:25You're such a nerd.
00:40:28Well, nerds always win.
00:40:34Hi.
00:40:40I got my eye on you.
00:40:43You got your I.O.B.
00:40:45Other side of the school yard.
00:40:48Playing make-per-lieve.
00:40:56I got my eye on you.
00:40:59You got your eye on me.
00:41:02Another side of the classroom.
00:41:05Playing silly, dang dream.
00:41:13When I'm walking home, there's no one next to me.
00:41:18Stealing glances from across the busy street.
00:41:23This is our silly game.
00:41:26It's stuck on the beat.
00:41:28It's on the beat.
00:41:31Playing make-believe.
00:41:52Here.
00:41:55Try in there.
00:41:56Might help.
00:42:00Please return it when you're finished.
00:42:01You're finished.
00:42:30You're finished.
00:42:40You look bored. You waiting for someone?
00:42:43Spencer. Figures.
00:42:44You've been waiting long, why don't I give you a ride?
00:42:49Okay.
00:43:30You've been waiting long, why don't I give you a ride?
00:43:34Where'd you get the play?
00:43:36Mr. Clemmons.
00:43:38To my number one, this will help you better understand my second love, Jenny B.
00:43:46Somebody's got a girlfriend.
00:43:50Well, you're right.
00:44:05I'm sorry.
00:44:17I'm sorry.
00:44:19I'm sorry.
00:44:36I can't do the assignment.
00:44:38Why?
00:44:41It's personal.
00:44:43Well, the histories usually are.
00:44:49There's nothing in my scrapbook that says I was born.
00:44:53Not even in the newspaper birth announcements.
00:44:56No pictures of my mom pregnant with me or of me in the hospital.
00:45:06They were married in October of 1968 and I was born in March five months later.
00:45:17So you think they didn't want you?
00:45:22It just feels like they were hiding it.
00:45:29It may feel that way, but the truth isn't always that simple.
00:45:36Before you jump to conclusions, you have to explore all the possibilities.
00:45:42You were premature.
00:45:45Or, for example, your mom's eyes are green, right?
00:45:50Yeah.
00:45:52And your dad's?
00:45:54Green as well.
00:45:56Did you learn anything in biology about genetics?
00:46:00What you need to do is explore all the facts and be really sure about what you want to ask
00:46:07your parents when you go and talk to them.
00:46:11Eliza, wait, honey.
00:46:14You knew I was adopted.
00:46:16Why didn't you just tell me?
00:46:17We couldn't.
00:46:19In order to get you, we had to agree to a court order not to tell you until you were
00:46:2218.
00:46:23A court order?
00:46:24Yeah.
00:46:28Did you see my birth mom at the hospital after I was born?
00:46:33No.
00:46:35Do you know her name?
00:46:37Please understand that no matter what, we love you as if you were our own flesh and blood.
00:46:41But I'm not!
00:46:45I don't know who I am.
00:46:46I don't know who I am.
00:46:46You are and will always be our daughter, Eliza Baird.
00:46:50The past does not change who you are.
00:46:53Whose past?
00:46:54Yours maybe, but not mine.
00:46:58The two most important people in my life gave me up.
00:47:02It wasn't like that at all.
00:47:04All I'm saying is it's not every day you find out that your mom and dad aren't your real mom
00:47:09and dad.
00:47:16What if I find out who they are on my own?
00:47:18It's not gonna make it any easier.
00:47:20They need to know.
00:47:21Why don't you understand that?
00:47:22We understand, of course, that you want to know.
00:47:26You have to trust that the decisions we made have always been what we believe is best for you.
00:47:38I love you, sweetheart.
00:47:48I am adopted.
00:47:54That's okay.
00:47:56But I don't know how I feel about it.
00:47:59Well, do you have wonderful parents that love you?
00:48:03Yeah, but...
00:48:04I just want to know their names and why they didn't keep me.
00:48:07I mean, isn't that a part of who I am?
00:48:09Yeah, but does it really matter right now?
00:48:12I don't know. It's just...
00:48:14Finding out right now. I mean, it's not fair.
00:48:16Was going deaf fair to Beethoven?
00:48:20No.
00:48:23Well, Eliza, something bad happens to all of us in our life.
00:48:28Whether it's because of the choices we make or because, you know, events beyond our control.
00:48:33But it's how we get up and go forward from that that matters the most.
00:48:37In Beethoven, he was able to find his music in spite of being deaf.
00:48:41Right?
00:48:45So...
00:48:45How's that audition piece of yours coming along?
00:48:49Terrible.
00:48:51Mr. Boudreau doesn't think I can see how concerned he is, but...
00:48:54I know he's disappointed in me.
00:48:58Well...
00:48:59We can't change the past, Eliza.
00:49:03We study history.
00:49:05Learn from the past.
00:49:07So that we don't repeat its mistakes.
00:49:10Remember that friend I told you about?
00:49:12Well...
00:49:13Well, she let her emotions get in the way of going to the conservatory.
00:49:17I don't want to make that mistake.
00:49:20Good.
00:49:21So you don't have to include your biological parents...
00:49:24Or your adoption in the assignment.
00:49:28Really?
00:49:29Yeah.
00:49:47Nice.
00:49:48That was a lot faster, Spence.
00:49:50Can you do it again?
00:49:53Yeah.
00:49:53Good man.
00:49:54Then we're ready to do a timed trial tomorrow to see who can go to Regions on Friday.
00:49:58That alright with you?
00:50:00Sure is.
00:50:01Get out of here.
00:50:07Good friend, man.
00:50:10Nice job, man.
00:50:16Spence, why do you do that?
00:50:17Is locker slamming some sort of guy bonding thing?
00:50:20Like a slug in the arm or something?
00:50:23I wouldn't think a slug in you in your arm.
00:50:27Well...
00:50:27It's you.
00:50:29Hi.
00:50:30Hi.
00:50:32Locker slamming...
00:50:33Not really a guy bonding thing.
00:50:35It's more of an attention getting device.
00:50:38Well, it's annoying.
00:50:40Well...
00:50:42What would you recommend?
00:50:44I don't know.
00:50:46Visual contact.
00:50:47Maybe a smile in the hallway.
00:50:49Being nice to my friends.
00:50:52Doesn't take much.
00:50:54Well, how about I call you?
00:50:56That could work.
00:51:02Well, that...
00:51:02Would require a number.
00:51:05No, not there.
00:51:13Hey, Spence.
00:51:16You know, I've been meaning to tell you that I think your backstroke is getting really good.
00:51:19And actually, I think the three of us should all hang out, Zach.
00:51:22Spencer!
00:51:31So, have I been acting a little strange lately?
00:51:34Uh, no.
00:51:36You've been acting a lot strange lately.
00:51:39So, what's up?
00:51:41Um...
00:51:43It's kind of complicated.
00:51:45But...
00:51:47In a nutshell, I found out I'm adopted.
00:51:51Oh my gosh, Liza.
00:51:53I'd totally be freaking out right now.
00:51:56Okay, so all things considered, maybe you weren't acting so strange after all.
00:52:01Are you okay?
00:52:03Yeah, I mean, I'm...
00:52:05I'm getting there.
00:52:06It's just...
00:52:08Do me a favor.
00:52:09And just...
00:52:10Just be there for me.
00:52:12I mean, like, don't...
00:52:13Don't tell anyone.
00:52:16But...
00:52:17If I start acting a little weird, just let me know.
00:52:21So, what about the assignment?
00:52:23Yeah, I'm not gonna include any of the adoption stuff in it.
00:52:28Unless...
00:52:28I find out who my biological parents are.
00:52:32Let's just hope it's not these guys.
00:52:36Didn't I have mirrors back then?
00:52:47Jenny B.
00:52:49Jenny B.
00:52:53It's Jennifer Blakeslee.
00:52:55Who's that?
00:52:58No one.
00:53:19So, um, I have to finish my family history assignment, so I'm gonna need to quiz you guys about some
00:53:25stuff.
00:53:27Don't worry, Mr. Clements said I don't have to include any of what we talked about yesterday.
00:53:31What year did you guys graduate?
00:53:34I played volleyball, and your dad was on the football team.
00:53:39Dad played football?
00:53:40No, he was just on the team.
00:53:42But he was a great swimmer.
00:53:44In fact, his medley relay team took state our senior year.
00:53:50So, who were your best friends?
00:53:57Mom says you interrogated her.
00:53:59Held her under the white light.
00:54:01Did you break her?
00:54:03Hardly.
00:54:04Your relay team took state?
00:54:06Oh, yeah.
00:54:07I'll have to tell Spencer.
00:54:08He'll be all over it.
00:54:09Mm-hmm.
00:54:10Let's see here.
00:54:12Oh, here we go.
00:54:14Glistmire, Peterson, Squires.
00:54:17And me.
00:54:17Hm.
00:54:19No, let me see it.
00:54:20I'm gonna look at you and Mom some more.
00:54:25Okay.
00:54:26You say a word about my clothes, you're grounded.
00:54:29Oh, it's too late for that.
00:54:31Dad.
00:54:33Seriously.
00:54:33Come on now.
00:54:40By now, most of you should have completed the basic research on your family history.
00:54:46Now you get to have a little fun, be creative, because you can present it any way you like.
00:54:51You're not gonna find these words in your book.
00:54:53That doesn't mean they're not history.
00:54:55They're not important.
00:54:56If it's important to you, then it's part of history, right?
00:54:58So, I would like to share with you a little piece of my history to get the ball rolling.
00:55:08All the world over so easy to see
00:55:12People everywhere just wanna be fooled
00:55:15Listen please, that's enough the way it should be
00:55:19Peace in the valley, people got to be free
00:55:23Mouthless song!
00:55:24Wow!
00:55:25Wow!
00:55:28Wow!
00:55:30Wow!
00:55:31You should see
00:55:33What a lovely, lovely world this would be
00:55:38Ever in wonder to live together
00:55:45It seems to me
00:55:47Such an easy, easy thing this would be
00:55:51Such an easy, easy thing this would be
00:55:52Such an easy, easy thing this would be
00:55:54Can't you and me learn to look one more
00:55:58Oh, help me now
00:56:00All the world over so easy to see
00:56:03People everywhere just wanna be fooled
00:56:27Stop it!
00:56:29Get back to work!
00:56:31Who the heck does he think he is?
00:56:41Okay, okay, I'll talk to him
00:56:44Yes, please
00:56:45Because he's bad for the students, he's bad for the school
00:56:48But he doesn't fit in
00:56:50Mr. Clemens is a great teacher
00:56:52The kids love him
00:56:55I don't
00:56:56Maybe you've forgotten who you're dealing with
00:57:05You don't own this school yet, Mr. Price
00:57:09Get out of my office before I lose my patience
00:57:23Okay, that was actually pretty cool
00:57:25It's one of the songs my dad said to listen to in Vietnam
00:57:27We should have never gone over there
00:57:29Yeah, I mean it's no wonder we lost
00:57:31Fighting a war with a bunch of drug addicts
00:57:34The ground troops were nothing but a government-sponsored drug party
00:57:37I would have been lined up right there with the protestors and draft dodgers
00:57:40Yes
00:57:40Wait, wait, wait
00:57:43You don't know anything about what you're saying, you know
00:57:45What?
00:57:49We're gonna often hear a lot of debates and arguments, opposing views about whether we should have gone to war
00:57:55Or engaged in war
00:57:57Just make sure before you open your mouths that you've studied the facts
00:58:00So you can know the truth
00:58:01Follow me, follow me, I wanna show you something
00:58:15All students at this school
00:58:19How many of you knew this was here?
00:58:26And the stars?
00:58:28It's right here
00:58:30Red for those injured in battle
00:58:33White for those missing in action
00:58:36And the gold star goes by the names of those killed in action
00:58:46Look close, read the names
00:58:51Some played football, some played basketball
00:58:55Some were swimmers
00:58:57They went to dances, they fell in love
00:59:03They all had hopes and dreams, just like you
00:59:06I know because I was in Vietnam, it's also part of my history
00:59:10There will always be debate about war
00:59:13But never forget, behind the politics and the protesting you might have seen on TV about Vietnam
00:59:18If thousands of young Americans, really close to your age, were fighting and dying
00:59:26What do we owe them?
00:59:30Our gratitude
00:59:33And to always remember that they weren't just fighting to protect our rights
00:59:38They were fighting
00:59:39They were sacrificing
00:59:41They were risking
00:59:43Everything
00:59:46To secure life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
00:59:49For people everywhere
00:59:52It's the same thing you owe your ancestors
00:59:54The battles that they fought, whenever they fought them
00:59:57To give you the liberty and freedoms that you have today
01:00:03So never forget
01:00:07difficult
01:00:08You do.
01:00:13I need a question
01:00:14Who lives down?
01:00:18Did you have any questions?
01:00:21Oh no
01:00:28Of course
01:00:30Lord
01:00:33Do42
01:00:36Faber, are you okay?
01:00:39Last bag.
01:00:42I'm okay.
01:00:44Thanks.
01:01:23I'm sorry, Mr. Bidrow.
01:01:24I can't do this right now.
01:01:34Dad?
01:01:36Hey.
01:01:38What's going on?
01:01:42I'm trying down.
01:01:44I really am.
01:01:48But I know you and Mom love me and I love you,
01:01:53but every time I start feeling like I'm okay with being adopted,
01:01:57I realize that it's not my history that I'm writing about.
01:02:03I understand that.
01:02:04You're right.
01:02:07Sometimes I feel like I don't know who I am.
01:02:12Like I don't fit in.
01:02:14And I try not feeling anything, but that just freaks me out even worse.
01:02:21I just feel like if I knew anything, just even their names, it might make me feel better.
01:02:31How am I supposed to find the music in me when I feel so lost?
01:02:37You know, it's an interesting thing being a dad.
01:02:41You want to do the right thing, but it doesn't mean you always do.
01:02:53Well, we never promised you couldn't find out for yourself.
01:02:59You know where we keep all the important papers, don't you?
01:03:10You're right.
01:03:13You're right.
01:03:18I'm sorry.
01:03:22You're right.
01:03:24You're right.
01:03:29You're right.
01:03:37Look, it's my birth mom, Jennifer Blakeslee, and that's, that's my birth dad, Stephen Squires.
01:03:44Can you believe it? This is so cool, now I can do my assignment.
01:03:47Thank you so much.
01:03:54I envy you. You've got a purpose in life.
01:03:58Yeah. Something in my gut.
01:04:00He says I won't make it to tomorrow.
01:04:04Well, you'll make it.
01:04:05I don't think so. You know, when your number's up, I guess it's up.
01:04:14Hey, why didn't you tell me?
01:04:18Tell you what?
01:04:19That Squires had a daughter.
01:04:22Squires is dead, Steve. Don't dig him back up.
01:04:30Why did Blakeslee bring me back here?
01:04:34Blakeslee died never knowing who you really were.
01:04:37I brought you here.
01:04:47I found you a book in the library.
01:04:50What kind of game are you playing?
01:05:01Swimmers, take your mark.
01:05:04Go.
01:05:21I told you that was annoying.
01:05:23I made Regents.
01:05:26Coach said if I swim well enough, I might even make steak.
01:05:29Can you believe it?
01:05:30That's great.
01:05:32I know. I mean, honestly, I never thought I'd make it this far.
01:05:35Hey, um, you know the dance that's after the Regents?
01:05:39I was wondering, well...
01:05:40Oh, I know that we all said we'd go together, but...
01:05:43Yeah, about that.
01:05:46How would you like to go with just me?
01:05:51That sounds great.
01:05:52Yeah, but can I think about it before I give you a for-sure answer?
01:05:58I don't think about it before I give you a for-sure answer.
01:06:00Wow.
01:06:05Look, if you want to go wait for Bill, then just go wait for him.
01:06:11Without me.
01:06:19Uh, Liza.
01:06:21Hey, Liza.
01:06:25Did you have that play I loaned you, Camelot?
01:06:29Oh, I think I left that.
01:06:33Burl found it.
01:06:36You know, when someone loaned you something, you really should return it when you're finished.
01:06:41Okay, I'm sorry.
01:06:46The way you just said that, it sounded like my dad.
01:06:49Yeah.
01:06:54Proposition.
01:06:54Okay.
01:06:56Stay where you are.
01:06:57Oh.
01:06:58Okay.
01:06:58Okay.
01:06:59King Arthur knows something.
01:07:01What?
01:07:01Secret.
01:07:02Ooh, secret.
01:07:03That could possibly destroy Camelot, the round table, and the people he loves most.
01:07:10Oh.
01:07:11What's the secret?
01:07:12It was all...
01:07:13Um, we give up.
01:07:14Guinevere and Sir Lancelot have been unfaithful.
01:07:18So, question.
01:07:21Should he tell the truth?
01:07:23Hmm.
01:07:24Or remain silent?
01:07:26Ooh.
01:07:27Definitely.
01:07:29Silent.
01:07:30Exactly.
01:07:30I mean, the cost is too high.
01:07:32Exactly.
01:07:32Higher than the truth?
01:07:33I agree with Ronnie.
01:07:34He can't tell.
01:07:35He has to protect the things that mean the most to him.
01:07:37So, it's okay to lie if it benefits you?
01:07:39Absolutely.
01:07:40No, no, no, no.
01:07:40He's not lying.
01:07:42He's just not telling everything he knows.
01:07:43Right.
01:07:44It's still self-serving.
01:07:46No.
01:07:47It's survival.
01:07:49That's not true.
01:07:50Is she talking to him?
01:07:50Because if he talks, it doesn't benefit him.
01:07:55So, if you know something, then are you morally obligated to tell the truth regardless of the outcome or who
01:08:01would get hurt?
01:08:02You know what I mean?
01:08:05You have to.
01:08:09If you don't, he'd get hurt a lot worse later on.
01:08:12And what if that person doesn't believe you?
01:08:17You're still obligated to tell.
01:08:20Yeah, well, I told you.
01:08:23Yeah, everyone's talking.
01:08:24It's starting to affect our reputations, too.
01:08:27Yeah, well, she doesn't realize it, but she is the key to wealth for me, boys.
01:08:30And don't worry, I will not forget about you when my ship comes in.
01:08:33And besides, once Spence sees her at the dance with me, he's finally going to realize what a loser he
01:08:37is.
01:08:40Now, Trina, that's someone I could go for.
01:08:43She's hot.
01:08:51Eliza, what's wrong?
01:08:52Eliza!
01:08:59Are you okay?
01:09:02Yeah.
01:09:04I'm fine.
01:09:07It's Spencer.
01:09:10I didn't commit to going to the dance with him because I was hoping Billy would ask me.
01:09:16But Billy was just using me, Mom, to get back at Spence.
01:09:22So now I don't know what to do.
01:09:26Best friends don't come along every day, Eliza.
01:09:30I got lucky I married mine.
01:09:35You know, when you go to the dance, you go with your friends.
01:09:46I love you and Dad very much, Mom.
01:09:56Spence, wait.
01:09:58I am a boneheaded, lame-brained chump.
01:10:02I give numbskull a bad name.
01:10:04What are you talking about?
01:10:06I'd love to go to the dance with you.
01:10:09If the offer's still open.
01:10:11Yeah, well, it's not.
01:10:14So, sorry.
01:10:21But, I guess if it really means that much to you, okay.
01:10:26But one more thing.
01:10:27All right, the whole chump thing?
01:10:30It's a little harsh.
01:10:33Something else.
01:10:35Collect today.
01:10:36Yes.
01:10:37No matter what happens, you're the best.
01:10:43Okay.
01:10:49Here's the story of a great big lady.
01:10:53Greta from Oslo, Norway.
01:10:55Her grandpa was a Viking.
01:10:58His son Honda Stowaway.
01:11:00The Erland Sons.
01:11:02The Erland Sons.
01:11:04Grandma Mary became an Erland son.
01:11:08Then one day, Grandma Mary had a baby.
01:11:10With green eyes and a floppy head of Curl.
01:11:13He grew up and married mother.
01:11:16A Swedish babe named Curl.
01:11:19And together, they had a daughter.
01:11:22Shelly, Olga was her name.
01:11:24And I am that little baby.
01:11:27And I'm here to say we're the Erland Sons.
01:11:31The Erland Sons.
01:11:32That's the way we became the Erland Sons.
01:11:43Thank you, Shelly.
01:11:44That was very enlightening.
01:11:47Oh, where you go?
01:11:50A brief word of support for the aquatically inclined among us.
01:11:53Amy.
01:12:05But the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them.
01:12:12Glory and danger alike.
01:12:15And yet, notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
01:12:23Pyracles.
01:12:24To the swimmers!
01:12:25To the swimmers.
01:12:27Today, history will be made.
01:12:29That's right.
01:12:34Welcome to the district championship swimming.
01:12:38Parents, don't forget the fans fundraiser tomorrow night.
01:12:40Hey.
01:12:41So, how about I pick you up for the dance around 7?
01:12:45Oh, I'm sorry.
01:12:46I'm already going with someone.
01:12:48Oh.
01:12:50Okay.
01:12:51Yeah.
01:12:53Tell them you have a better offer.
01:12:56But I don't.
01:13:00Go, Eliza.
01:13:13Third air.
01:13:15Final call for the boys' 100-meter backstroke.
01:13:18Spence.
01:13:18Spence, Spence.
01:13:19Hey.
01:13:20Good luck, man.
01:13:21All right?
01:13:21Oh.
01:13:22You know where we are.
01:13:23All right?
01:13:24We'll get them.
01:13:25To the swimmers!
01:13:27Good luck, David!
01:13:28Woo!
01:13:31Woo!
01:13:31You guys are such losers.
01:13:33Hey.
01:13:34At least now everyone's going to get to see how pathetic you really are.
01:13:37Bye-bye.
01:13:37Thanks, Bill.
01:13:39Hey, good luck to you, too.
01:13:40You know, your constant encouragement has really become to mean a lot to me.
01:13:44Really.
01:13:45Massive.
01:13:46Defending district champion Billy Price will be in lane three.
01:13:50But the Wesleyan coach said don't count out Spencer McFarlane in lane two, who has shown
01:13:55dramatic improvement in his times over the past few weeks.
01:14:00Swimmers, take your marks.
01:14:11Looks to be a clean start.
01:14:14And as expected, Billy Price comes out strong.
01:14:19It's very much turn.
01:14:22Go deep!
01:14:23Go!
01:14:25And out of the first turn, it's Price.
01:14:27The body length leads.
01:14:28Yes!
01:14:29But McFarlane is keeping track.
01:14:31Yeah!
01:14:34Now coming up on the halfway point and into the turn, it's Billy Price.
01:14:42Great push off the turn.
01:14:44Now the final 50 meter.
01:14:46This is where conditioning really comes into play.
01:14:52And now coming out of the final turn, it's McFarlane making a move in lane two.
01:14:57The legs!
01:14:57The legs!
01:14:58The legs!
01:14:58And McFarlane, the big kick is going to make this very close.
01:15:05And first to the wall, it is...
01:15:08Spencer McFarlane!
01:15:10Spencer McFarlane in a stunning upset!
01:15:13He's your new district champion!
01:15:16Can you believe him?
01:15:26Go!
01:15:39Go!
01:15:41Go!
01:15:42Go!
01:15:47when your head came up after that last turn everyone went nuts scared me to
01:15:51death it was so amazing could you tell how close it was yeah the closer I got
01:15:55the glower you guys got well how close was it
01:16:04honestly though I couldn't have done it without mr. Clinton's help he knows that
01:16:07pull better than coach does really gave me the edge it looks like Clements is
01:16:14having some car trouble maybe we can return the favor no I see him out there
01:16:21every day just staring at that old abandoned house it's your Blake's the
01:16:25house my dad used to tell me my brothers it was haunted to keep us out of there
01:16:30when we were younger I never heard it was haunted okay tell us the story it all
01:16:37happens in 1968 local rich girl Ginny Blakeslee falls in love with a poor
01:16:42orphan Stephen Squires but she used to go to an elite music school and he's been
01:16:47drafted so the day after they graduate they run away and get married sounds
01:16:52romantic go on Spence when they get back Ginny's dad is so mad he has the
01:17:00marriage and old then takes Ginny and leaves leaving no trace Squires tries to
01:17:07find her but he has a report to boot camp in a few weeks he's killed in Vietnam
01:17:11three months later they say his ghost haunts that mansion looking waiting for his wife to
01:17:21return that's creepy yeah and it turns out that Ginny was pregnant but Blakeslee made her give the
01:17:27baby up for adoption Squires never knew oh my gosh he's him I don't make sense now quick Ronnie take
01:17:37us back to
01:17:37school who's who I mean her I take you back now
01:17:47Eliza what's going on
01:18:00what are you doing stop you're really scaring me
01:18:07look at this photo of Squires you can't tell me that that's not him it's Squires just like it says
01:18:12Stephen Squires and Jennifer Blakeslee oh what don't you see mr. Clements in Squires look
01:18:19closer at the photo that is mr. Clements my father Stephen Squires Eliza you
01:18:28remember you told me to tell you if you started acting really weird well I'm sorry
01:18:32but you're way past weird right now
01:19:12oh
01:19:13oh
01:19:13oh
01:19:13oh
01:19:23lady
01:19:23when I hear you
01:19:25I'm inclined to want to be with you
01:19:30And yet when I'm near you
01:19:32I'm inclined to want to forget you
01:19:35How could I live without you?
01:19:39I know I ride you and sometimes I guide you
01:19:43It's for you that I do it
01:19:47When I miss you
01:19:48I'm inclined to want to come see you
01:19:53And when I kiss you
01:19:55I'm inclined to want to be with you
01:19:59How could I live without you?
01:20:03Your crazy dreams and schoolgirl schemes
01:20:06Don't seem to get in the way
01:20:09Baby, don't go right
01:20:49Sue, where were you today?
01:20:51I had a bunch of stuff I had to get on
01:20:53Before I do my history presentation on Monday
01:20:56Did you get them all done?
01:20:58Almost
01:20:59There's two more things left
01:21:14I just have one more thing to do
01:21:18So you guys still think I'm wrong
01:21:20In spite of everything?
01:21:22The pool
01:21:23The music conservatory
01:21:24Vietnam
01:21:25The play
01:21:26Come on, Liza
01:21:27Even you gotta admit it's a little far-patched
01:21:29Okay
01:21:30Just watch
01:21:31I'll prove I'm right
01:21:32No, Liza, don't
01:21:40You should see
01:21:43What a lovely, lovely world this would be
01:21:46You have everything ready for Monday?
01:21:50Yeah
01:21:51And you'll never believe what I did
01:21:53I invited my birth mom to come
01:21:55You sure you want to do that?
01:21:57Yeah
01:21:58And I'm sure I want to do this, too
01:22:04Thank you so much for everything
01:22:07I love you
01:22:24Yeah, that's pretty messy
01:22:28As executor of Mr. Blakeslee's will
01:22:30I'm here to inform you
01:22:31That you must dismiss Stephen Clements
01:22:33As a teacher at once
01:22:35For what?
01:22:37I have a notarized statement
01:22:38From Mr. Price
01:22:39And several other teachers
01:22:40Here at the school
01:22:41Of blatant physical contact
01:22:44Between the Baird girl
01:22:45And Mr. Clements
01:22:46At the school dance
01:22:47Saturday night
01:22:48Blatant physical contact
01:22:50She hugged him
01:22:54Verl
01:22:55Go get Mr. Clements, please
01:23:05Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:07Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:11Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:13Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:13Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:13Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:14Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:15Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:16Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:16Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:17Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:18Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:18Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:20Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:21Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:22Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:24Go get Mr. Clements
01:23:46I'm in the middle of class. Can't this wait?
01:23:49I'm sorry, Stephen.
01:23:50Our attorney here has informed me that I have no other choice
01:23:53but to put you on unpaid leave until we can resolve the situation
01:23:58between you and Eliza at the dance?
01:24:00Please let me finish my class.
01:24:02No, you must leave now.
01:24:05He's in trouble for hugging his daughter?
01:24:07Verl, leave.
01:24:09Wait, what are you talking about, Verl?
01:24:11Okay, I'm in charge here.
01:24:14Verl, leave.
01:24:15Why aren't you saying anything?
01:24:17Is this true?
01:24:19Are you her father?
01:24:22I wish I could say it was.
01:24:26But I can't.
01:24:28Last warning, Verl.
01:24:30Clear out Mr. Clemens' stuff from his room.
01:24:43Thank you. Thank you.
01:24:46We are McFarland and the McFarlandettes.
01:24:49That's my wee pup.
01:24:54What are you doing, Verl?
01:24:56They fired Mr. Clemens because of what happened at the dance.
01:24:59They can't.
01:25:04No!
01:25:10Wait!
01:25:14I'm not doing my report without you.
01:25:17That's not possible, Ms. Baird.
01:25:19Why?
01:25:22Because I hugged my dad?
01:25:24Ms. Baird, he denies being your father.
01:25:27No.
01:25:28Stop.
01:25:28It's not true.
01:25:29That is you in the swim team photo.
01:25:32And in the yearbook prom pictures with Jenny and my mom and dad.
01:25:37All right, so now she thinks that Clemens is her father.
01:25:41Ah, okay.
01:25:42Let's go back to class.
01:25:43No, wait!
01:25:46It's you with Jenny Blakeslee at Camelot.
01:25:50Jenny B, you are all friends.
01:25:54Clemens, you are Stephen Squires.
01:25:56You are my father.
01:25:58This is your fault.
01:25:59All right, I told you.
01:26:02He's bad for the students.
01:26:03He's bad for the school.
01:26:05And now look at her.
01:26:06She's delusional.
01:26:08Go back to class, Eliza, dear.
01:26:10No.
01:26:12Clemens is dead.
01:26:17All I ask is that you look me in the eye and you tell me you are not my father.
01:26:25Look at me and tell me.
01:26:27Go ahead, Stephen.
01:26:29Tell her the truth.
01:26:29If you're not her father, tell her.
01:26:32He can't because he is her father.
01:26:38Get your numbers up.
01:26:39All right.
01:26:40I'll be you and you can be me.
01:26:42I got nothing left to live for.
01:26:43I got nobody left in my life.
01:26:44You got a dream to live.
01:26:45Give me your stuff.
01:26:46Come on.
01:26:59The perimeter is compromised.
01:27:01Sort to all ordnance my coordinate.
01:27:04My call, my call.
01:27:05Now, now!
01:27:16Clemens?
01:27:17Hey, Clemens!
01:27:19Let me!
01:27:24Come on.
01:27:25Hey!
01:27:25Hey!
01:27:28Hey!
01:27:32Clemens!
01:27:33Clemens!
01:27:34Hey!
01:27:47what are you kidding me what is wrong with all of you people he's clemens he said it himself
01:28:15most of you know my adopted parents john and susie barrett
01:28:21this is my other dad stephen squires and this is my birth mom jenny blakeslee who
01:28:29i just met for the first time i found out a lot about my own history through this assignment
01:28:38things that scared me and confused me but with the help of loving parents
01:28:45i realized that being adopted is nothing to be ashamed of
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